For the information of those who haven't been on the list for very long, or who might not understand even though they have, the reason I do not respond to JDG is that he and I have had several less than civilized encounters and I decided after the last one (over a year ago) that the list would be better off if we did not interact.Well you've got my support and I have to say that I do the same. My debate encounters with JDG (and strangly enough only with JDG) have not been exactly civilised in the past either. And for that I am truly sorry. But by now I've been ignoring him for a long time and it works for me. Let me assure you that you get used to it even if you mis out on a couple of debates. :o) Ever since I got the 'you are a nazi' as well as a couple of other even less flattering insults from him I didn't see any point in continued debate on his pet peeves over and over again. I hold to the viewpoint that we oldtimers by now know where we stand. That doesn't mean that I'd not be happy to discuss old enraging topics again with others though. ;o)
This is not an entirely selfless act as the aforementioned encounters tend to be unpleasant and stressfull and I'd just as soon do without even if it means missing a spirited debate (which I enjoy).
Sonja :o)
GCU: Verbally untouchable ;o)
xGCU: I've learned to first stay dead calm under verbal abuse and think on it for a while.
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